Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation. Evelina Weidman Sterling

      

      Having

      Your Baby

      THROUGH

      Egg Donation

      of related interest

      Experiences of Donor Conception

      Parents, Offspring and Donors through the Years

      Caroline Lorbach

      Foreword by Eric Blyth

      ISBN 978 1 84310 122 2

      eISBN 978 1 84642 711 4

      Making Babies the Hard Way

      Living with Infertility and Treatment

      Caroline Gallup

      ISBN 978 1 84310 463 6

      eISBN 978 1 84642 634 6

      Adopting after Infertility

      Messages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience

      Edited by Marilyn Crawshaw and Rachel Balen

      ISBN 978 1 84905 028 9

      eISBN 978 0 85700 390 4

      Third Party Assisted Conception Across Cultures

      Social, Legal and Ethical Perspectives

      Edited by Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau

      ISBN 978 1 84310 084 3

      eISBN 978 1 84642 434 2

      Faith and Fertility

      Attitudes Towards Reproductive Practices in Different Religions from Ancient to Modern Times

      Edited by Eric Blyth and Ruth Landau

      Foreword by Richard Harries

      ISBN 978 1 84310 535 0

      eISBN 978 1 84642 959 0

      Having

      Your Baby

      THROUGH

      Egg Donation

      Second Edition

      Ellen Sarasohn Glazer

      and Evelina Weidman Sterling

      Jessica Kingsley Publishers

      London and Philadelphia

      First published in 2005 by Perspectives Press, Indianapolis, USA

      This second edition published in 2013

      by Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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      London N1 9JB, UK

      and

      400 Market Street, Suite 400

      Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA

       www.jkp.com

      Copyright © Ellen Sarasohn Glazer and Evelina Weidman Sterling 2005, 2013

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      Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

      Glazer, Ellen Sarasohn.

      Having your baby through egg donation / Ellen Sarasohn Glazer and Evelina Weidman Sterling. -- Second edition.

      pages cm

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-1-84905-901-5 (alk. paper)

      1. Human reproductive technology--Popular works. 2. Ovum--Transplantation. 3. Infertility--Psychological aspects. I. Sterling, Evelina Weidman, 1970- II. Title.

      RG133.5.G56 2013

      618.1’7806--dc23

      2012049213

      British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

      A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      ISBN 978 1 84905 901 5

      eISBN 978 0 85700 652 3

      Printed and bound in Great Britain

      This book is dedicated to the loving memory of

      Dr. Susan Cooper, who taught me all I need to know

      about life, love, motherhood, and new ways of building families. Her life was a blessing.

      EG

      I dedicate this book to my children, Benjamin and Elena.

      ES

      Contents

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       1Some Introductions

       2An Overview of Egg Donation

       3Deciding Whether to Pursue Egg Donation

       4Choosing Your Donor

       5Mental Health Counseling and Legal Issues

       6Attempting Pregnancy: A Collaborative Effort

       7Pregnancy with Donated Eggs

       8Parenthood after Egg Donation

       9Ethics and Faith

       10The Globalization of Egg Donation

       11Egg Donation, Ever Changing

       RESOURCES

       REFERENCES

Acknowledgements

      We acknowledge the contributions of the many mothers and fathers through egg donation who have shared their personal stories with us and the professionals who have shared their experience and wisdom and are quoted informally throughout this book. The following people gave generously of their time and expertise: Judy Calica, MSW; Ruth Claiborne, JD; Susan L. Crockin, JD; Joann Paley Galst, PhD; Elaine Gordon, PhD; Carol Fulwiler Jones, MA; Wendy Kramer; Sharon LaMothe; Carol Lesser, NP; Joe B. Massey, MD; Patricia Mendell, LCSW; Olivia Montuschi; Kris Probasco, MSW; Christine Reynolds; Judy Shankman, RN; Ruth Shidlo, PhD; Sanford Benardo, Esq and Jean Kollantai of CLIMB; Carole Lieber Wilkins, MFT; Robin Newman; Ellie Goldman, LICSW; Susan Levin, LICSW; Adele Kauffman, PhD; and Carole Lieber Wilkins, MA. A special thanks goes to Diane Allen of the Infertility Network in Canada, whose tireless work has kept us up to date on matters relating to egg donation worldwide.

      I (Ellen) give a special thanks to my husband, Dan Manning, without whose patience, support and computer literacy this book would not exist. I am also grateful to my grandson, Ryan Levesque, who has taught me that the gift of parenthood is a gift that keeps on giving. And, as the dedication of